Payment timing: Sent with your order and without our invoice, or
after you receive our automatic yearly invoice, or after you request
and then receive our invoice, whichever you prefer.

Payment method: U.S. dollar check drawn on a U.S. bank and encoded
with the U.S. bank routing number, or international postal money
order negotiable at a U.S. post office. Credit cards and electronic
payments not accepted. Please make all checks payable to: AMERICAN
FERN SOCIETY, INC.

Fiddlehead Forum
publication schedule: Five times a year, on an irregular
schedule at least two months apart.

Subscriptions accepted:
For one full calendar year only, preferably prepaid (backstarts available
within the year). Accepted from January through September for the current year
and from October through
December for the following year. For a previous year, see below.

Peer-reviewed technical articles describing original research on pteridophytes
(ferns and
fern-allies), technical book reviews.

Size:

7" x 10", usually 32 pages per issue, sometimes more.

Annual index and annual title page:

Included with last issue of the volume.

Form of publication:

Print copies (no electronic editions).

Advertising:

none.

Fiddlehead Forum editorial description:

Articles of interest to
hobbyists, Society news, Spore Exchange and membership lists, requests from
members, and non-technical book reviews.

Fiddlehead Forum readership:

Natural history and horticultural
hobbyists.

Size:

8-1/2" x 11", usually 8 pages per issue.

Advertising:

none.

Methods of Payment

Libraries, herbaria, businesses, and other organizations may subscribe
to the American Fern Journal. However, only individual persons may be members
of the Society.

Individuals are encouraged to pay directly, rather than through an agent.
However, members in some countries may find it convenient to pay through
an agent. There are two classes of membership. Regular members, who receive
only the Fiddlehead Forum, pay dues of $12.00 in the U.S.A., Canada, and
Mexico or $19.00 in all other countries. Journal members, who receive both
the American Fern Journal and Fiddlehead Forum, pay dues of $25.00 in the
U.S.A., Canada, and Mexico or $32.00 in all other countries. Subscription
agents may deduct a $2.00 agency fee from each membership.

Agents are encouraged to pay for renewal subscriptions at the beginning
of the year. However, we recognize that this is not possible for all
subscribers. Most agents renew their subscriptions automatically, but invoices
for renewals will be sent on request or if subscriptions are not renewed
automatically. Invoices for memberships and subscriptions are routinely sent
in November.